I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, it took so long. I won't let it happen again; hopefully. Okay. Ch 8. I actually got to a ch. 8. Anyway. Oh yeah; another 'lovable' character. I promise Malex is soon. Just please be patient.

Ultimately

Ch. 8.- Son of a Bitch!

Alex's Place

5:00pm

Parker woke up to the phone ringing once again. She was out for over 3 hours. She still didn't know how she kept passing out; it just happened. But there was no way that she was gonna let Alex know. She didn't want her to worry. She had enough on her plate as it was. This would never happen in front of her. Maybe she was just tired still. Yeah; she did have one hell of a trip. Whatever. She brushed it off as exhaustion. She got up from the floor and picked up the phone. "What?" She asked groggily. No one answered. That always pissed her off. "Listen, just answer me. I'm not in the mood right now, okay?"

"Who are you and what are you doing picking up my girlfriend's phone?" Guess who?

"Oh, your girlfriend? Well I'm sorry, she's a little preoccupied at the moment. Can I take a message." Parker answered slyly making sure she sent that 'right' message to her. She knew exactly who it was and was going to make her tremble. She didn't recognize Parker's voice so it would be easy.

"Listen bitch, let me talk to Alex now. Otherwise, I'm gonna take that smart ass of yours and kick it!" They said angrily.

"Is that a promise? Cause I could schedule you in for 8ish if that's good for you." Parker held a laugh. This was actually harder than she thought it would be; at least to keep straight face.

"Okay. I'm gonna count to 5. If Alex isn't on this phone when I get to 5, I'm coming over there. Now let me talk to her." She said as calm as she could at the moment.

"Listen Jodie, I don't do orders. You should know that since Alex doesn't either, if you get my drift. She likes to be in control." Parker seductively replied.

"Wait, how do you know me? HEY!" Jodie was completely confused at this point.

"Jodie, you're so dumb. It's Parker." Parker was having a ball with her, but she was too tired to extend this game anymore.

"Oh my god. I'm coming over right now." Jodie squealed surprisingly to Parker. Why did she want to come over? Wait. Did she just squeal?

"Wait Jod…" Click. She hung up. Jodie didn't know Parker had a grudge. She was the last person Parker wanted to see. What was Parker going to do? The thing was, Parker liked Jodie as Alex's best friend, but not Alex's girlfriend. She could always hang out when they were just friends. But when they were going out, she got no attention and Alex would always be with Jodie, wanting to be alone. It was really complicated. It's just a little sister thing. Only Parker understood it. Right now, she didn't really like Jodie at this point and certainly didn't want to see her now. This was going to be fun.

Surf Shop

Same Time

"Let's get drunk tonight." Hayden suggested after finishing with the shelves.

"Can't. My sister's over my place." Alex retorted a little disappointed that she decided not to go out and get shit faced.

"Wait. Did you just say 'sister'?" She was astonished. They didn't really talk about family or their past, but come on, a sister?

"Yeah." Hayden gave her a 'what the fuck' look. "What? Yes, I have a sister. Why are you looking at me that way?" Alex was getting irritated as usual. She wasn't getting an answer.

"You have a sister and you didn't tell me? Why not? I mean you work with me, and you party with me. We hang out all the time and you didn't think it was important enough to tell me you have a sister?" Hayden was a little pissed but before she blew up in Alex's face like the drama queen she was, she would have to listen to Alex's reasoning.

"Yes. Listen, it was a sore subject for me. It's my past." Alex defended herself.

"Okay. So can't you tell me now?"

"I just did."

"Funny. You're a fucking riot."

"No; just a mild disturbance."

"Wh…" Before Hayden could finish, she was interrupted by the ringing of Alex's phone. Alex tugged the phone out of her pocket thankful for the disruption so she didn't have to talk about her family. But before she could answer it, Hayden yanked it from her hand and looked at the Caller I.D., then answered it.

"Hello? Alex Kelly's phone she is unable to answer her phone at this time for she is preoccupied. I'm Hayden. Can I take a message?"

"What the fuck? Would I do that to you?" Alex asked furiously trying to grab the phone away from Hayden. Hayden gave her a look that told her to not go there. Then suddenly realizing what she just said when she saw Hayden's face. "Wait. Don't answer that." Hayden just stared at her giving back her attention to the phone call

"Yep…Yeah…Okay…Sure…Right…Will do…Bye." Hayden hung up the phone and went to the front counter to ring up an actual customer; Alex hot on her tail.

"Well?"

"Well what? That's $21.58."

"Who was on my phone?"

"I don't know who it was. Have a nice evening." Hayden said with a fake smile for the customer. She turned to Alex and gave her a smirk.

"Hayden!" That made her jump. She never heard her so, angry or loud; at least sober. She threw Alex back her phone.

"Okay, okay. God. It was a girl. I didn't get her name but she said that she would just call back later." Hayden answered quite fast because she was kind of frightened by Alex at the time.

"Why can't I get the number? Private call. I hate that! Damn it!" Alex was about to throw her phone across the room against the wall. Everything was starting to get to her. It felt like she was about to snap on someone. The call from earlier threw her day all off. Maybe it was Her again.

"Calm down Lex. Don't have a cow. They'll call you back later. Okay." Hayden didn't want the one to get snapped on.

"I'm just frustrated is all." Alex confessed.

"Well go home and check on your sis. Miller should be here soon. I can hold the front until then. Okay?"

"Yeah, thanks. I guess I'm gone. See you later."

"Yeah; I'll be over when I get off, all right?" Hayden saw the defeat in Alex's eyes. She always worried about her; especially lately.

Alex's Place

Later That Evening

"I haven't seen you in forever." Parker wasn't paying attention considering the fact that she was still trying to catch her breath because Jodie sucked the life out of her when she hugged her. She was sitting on the couch with her head back staring up at the ceiling while trying to drown out Jodie as she talked and talked and talked. After about a half an hour, Parker had enough.

"Jodie?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut u…" She was cut off by the door opening and Alex walking in. Thank god. Parker was never happier than right now. Seeing Alex was what she needed to get Jodie off her ass. At least Jodie didn't hit on her.

"Hey Parker. I got off earl…Jodie." That's exactly what she needed; Jodie on her ass. She was about to have a serious break down in a minute. Seeing Jodie only brought more stress to her life. Why couldn't she catch a fucking break? She spent the whole time she was here trying to ignore the fact that she lived here too and suddenly, she was sitting in her living room with her sister. What the fuck? "What are you doing here?"

"Finally. How long have you been back in town?"

"NO. I asked why you're here, now tell me." Alex said forceful. She wasn't going to back down from her. Those days were gone. She was about 2 seconds away from kicking her ass right then and there.

"I'm gonna go find some dinner." Parker but in. She knew when to leave a room. There was no way in hell she was going to get in the middle of this shit.

"Why are you all up in my face? You haven't even seen me since you came down from Newport. Thanks for the fucking greeting." Jodie exploded.

"That's your problem. You think you deserve to be treated like I'm actually happy to see you!" Alex was infuriated. She couldn't believe they were right back to where they left the scream fest when she went down to get her stuff with… Marissa.

"Why do we always have to fight? Every time we're together at all, we always yell at each other. Why can't you look me in the eye?" Alex kept averting Jodie's eyes, looking every where but her face. "Was I really that bad of a girlfriend to you? Please talk to me." Jodie was pleading at this rate.

Finally finding the courage to look at her face, she saw the pain for the first time in awhile. Maybe it was time to put her differences aside and become friends again with Jodie. But why exactly was she here?

"I…"

"Hey. I told you I'd be over." Alex sighed in frustration. She was about to actually solve a problem in her crazy ass day and Hayden drops by with her impeccable timing. This day really couldn't get any worse. Scratch that; her life couldn't get any worse. She stormed into her room and slammed the door closed. "Was it something I said?" Hayden asked in confusion.

30 Minutes Later

The Bedroom

A knock at the door broke Alex out of her thoughts. She just wanted everyone to go away and leave her alone. She took a deep breath because she didn't want to yell in the face of the person that was behind that door that separated her just being able to forget her problems and having to explain her behavior from earlier. She decided to fuck it. "Go away."

"Come on Al. It's your favorite little sis." Parker retorted.

"You're my only little sis." Alex concluded. She was about to crack. She was feeling pressure from everyone; but especially from herself. Her mind needed to stop bothering her. It was bizarre. It was like her head was punishing her for something but didn't know what for. At the weirdest times, it kept bringing back memories of Jodie, her childhood and…

"All the more reason to let me in." Parker was determined to get her out of that room. She was not going to spend this whole time with a girl she didn't know, and Jodie alone.

"Come in." Alex gave in as usual.

Parker sat down on the bed next Alex who was lying down with her back towards Parker. "Can you tell me what that was all about because I'm drawing a blank?" Parker could always read Alex but this last outburst of hers stumped her.

"No." Alex answered with her back still facing Park. She felt like her mother was talking to her rather than Parker. That made feel like she was 8 again and she was about to get a long ass lecture.

"Alex, Please?" Pause. "Listen. I know I'm just your sister and I'm only 15, but I've been through plenty and I can tell you're having a hard time with something. So spill it." All parker wanted was for Alex to talk to her; with everything going on out in the living room, this would have to wait. She'd have to deal with that shit first. And after the long pause from Alex, she knew she had to wait longer to hear her talk. So she let out a long, frustrated sigh and gave up, for the millionth time in two days! "Fine. But if you're not gonna talk to me now, then you get the privilege on sucking everything up that's going on in that diminutive head of yours, put your differences aside, and be civil to 'your' friends, if that's what you call them, out there because I'm not dealing with them. Got it?" Parker demanded Alex.

Alex sat up, faced Parker and nodded her head in a scared way, but tauntingly. "Good. Come on. I can't take anymore of Jodie by myself."

"Fine. But I won't enjoy it."

"I hope not. How could you stand her before? Or enjoy her company?" Parker took a second to think about that question. "WAIT! Don't answer that." Laughing, Parker asked Alex one more thing. "Could you do me just one favor?"

"Anything."

"Straighten things out with Jodie. I don't know if I should hate the Bitch or love her like another demented sister." With that, the twosome were on their way to dinner; with Jodie, and Hayden. But Hayden had plans of her own. She was on a mission; to find out more about one of her best friend's past. And to figure out what that girl, Summer, wanted.

There. It gets better. Just tell me please if its heading in a good direction. I just want a lot of twists and turns. I know you want Malex. But hey its all about patience. Just please review. I need my fix.

-Ej